Hello all, google has been bringing me this way for a while now and i've solved many problems from reading the discussions made here... so thanks! Finally ive joined and have a question...
Is there anyway to search the collection of manuals for my system's commands? i.e the ones you get when you type e.g $ man ls
I think if i could search all the manuals I might be able to find commands when I need them without heading to google.

Thanks!
Tim

pwc101

07-28-2008 02:43 PM

Perhaps apropos will help?

Code:

apropos compress
apropos remove
apropos delete

edit: Might also be worth looking at whatis, and my favourite, wtf:

Code:

whatis rm
whatis man
wtf is rm
wtf is lol

mr tim esquire

07-28-2008 06:35 PM

Thanks, these are great!
Im not sure if your joking about wtf, i certainly dont have it :p haha

Hello all, google has been bringing me this way for a while now and i've solved many problems from reading the discussions made here... so thanks! Finally ive joined and have a question...
Is there anyway to search the collection of manuals for my system's commands? i.e the ones you get when you type e.g $ man ls
I think if i could search all the manuals I might be able to find commands when I need them without heading to google.